Since Iniesta was injured in the Champions League game with Milan on Wednesday evening, FC Barcelona fans have been expressing their feelings on the club’s Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/fcbarcelona ). In less than 20 hours, 5,000 people had left messages of support for the Barça star, and wished him a rapid recovery from his hamstring injury, and more than 12,000 have clicked on ‘like’.

The expected recovery period for such an injury is about four weeks.